Pages

Followers

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Well today I am super excited to share another of my Smash pages. I am so glad that I am actually getting to do some pages and to be able to combine them with my DT duties is just FAB...Love it!.

This bi-weekly challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday is theme ofEaster or Animals or combine both.

Now if you know me at all you will have noticed that I love horse, roster and chickens:0) I just do....so when I saw this image I just had to have it. Bugaboo has given the TTT team a pick at images and love this one...hehehe.This image is just perfect for my welcome page. Here it is:

Here is a closer look at Hey There from Bugaboo; it has been colored with my trusty Copics:0)

My tip for this challenge is to use your alcohol markers to give dept to your die cuts or chipboard pieces by going over the edges and even blending a few colors on the edge of the cut. I have used my Copics to do this to the banners.

I hope you will come and visit the TTT website; Heike has done a fab tutorial on how to make a paper Easter basket...way cute! The DT have awesome projects to inspire and are sharing tips. And lastly we have super awesome sponsors!

I have had this image colored for some weeks now and just couldn't get around to making my tag. I am loving making these tags:0)

Here is a closeup of this Humphrey's sister Lottie. You can find her in the Just For You stamp set. The way these stamps come is just GENIUS I tell you. They are EZmounted and sticking on a thick plastic sheet..with all the stamp info which fits just perfectly in a CD case. I LOVE IT! So easy to get the stamps out, and great presentation too...did I say I love it already? Well you really should check out these products because the price is just right to top it all off. Anyway I am not affiliated with Crafter's Companion or anything this is just me saying what I think.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Today I am going to show my very first Official SMASH Page. Okay so I will let you in on a little secret; when I did the SMASH hop from Krista's Blog on March 5th; I had no SMASH product at all! Now I have 5 folios plus 2 mini's; and a bunch of accessories. Oh man what am I getting into? Well they are all untouched until NOW!

You know how sometimes you have an image that you really like but haven't had the chance to color; well this is one of those images for me; I just love seeing her and to finally color her has been really nice! I love the softness in her. She is just such a cutie! Her name is just perfect: Queens Cutie

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

I am not sure where my days go as I feel like I haven't really been doing anything! Well some days ago I showed a peek of my very first published card; and today I am back to post it here:0) I am so happy to have met one of my goals for this year.

So here is my card that was published in the Issue #7 Whimsy Magazine; I truly love this mag since they always have such fun tutorials and also such FAB inspiration!

This card is fairly simple but the paper (Lily bee design) ais so pretty that I didn't want to cover it up so much. Here is a closeup of Wee Florist. Aint she so super cute; reminds me of my Mother; this will be her Mothers day card this year.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Hello All; Hope everyone is doing well; as times are a bit crazy in weather. Some days it feels like Summer is beginning to show and then all of a sudden we get a super cold and windy couple of days. Today it seems like it will be a nice day.

The reason for my post today is to show something different for me. Now I did a SMASH hop a few days ago and just had to order my first smash book and accessories. I am anxiously awaiting the UPS guy to show up so he can hand me my goodies. Well I just couldn't resist now could I with so much inspiration. You can check out the hop which starts at Krista's Blog HERE. But I warn you it is good and you will want to start smashing too! So I couldn't wait for my book to arrive and I really wanted to start smashing; so I have started a composition book where I will be adding artwork from my kids and little gifts that they give me. Here are the first couple of pages:

This first drawing is from my 5 yr old Franco; he drew all the characters from the movie Kung Fu Panda. Can you tell who is who?

The next is my very first Valentines day card from Franco. This was from last year. So he was 4. I got him some cards and told him to draw pretty things for those he loves. When writing the names of the recipients in for him he told me this one was for me.....AWWW so sweet my boy! (Please note that his drawing skills have improved dramatically in one year!)

This last one is from my 4 year old Gavino who is a bit obsessed with Mario from Mario Bros. If you look closely you can see a smiling face in red with a hat initialed with the leter W. So we practiced writing the M for Mario, then L for Luigi and last G for Gavino. The blob of blue was drawn by him some time ago; not sure what it is.

I would like to link up to the party at Krista's blog for the Smash hop.

Also I wanted to share an idea that occured to me. I have this basket full of goodies that would be great for my smashing projects. They are all flat embellishments, letters, die-cuts, and such and will be kept close when smashing. I have them in page protectors and labeled on the side. I used to have them organized in a binder but now this basket is much more practical as I can pull pages out and put them back easily.

Challenge is: Bloom and Grow (Flowers any shape or form) and here is my card:

I have flowers on my DP, made a flower from my lace ribbon and even my image has a flower:0) Plus can you see the love grow between there high school sweethearts? Here is a closer view of Book Girl and Book Boy from the new Kid Nation Release available at Kenny K Downloads. I have flipped this super sweet girly so she could be walking next to her boy.

So I hope you get a chance to come and play along with us this week. Like they say: "You gotta be in it to win it!" So to encourage you a little further here are our amazing prizes and sponsors for this challenge:

Saturday, March 3, 2012

It is my goal to make creations with the stamps that I win; and here is one that I won from Whimsy from the January Hop. I enjoy doing the Whimsy hops because they are short and oh they have so many chances on winning super adorable stamps.

Here is my card using Wee Bunny:

Aint he just so super sweet? I do love him; I think he is one of my favorite cute Whimsy stamps right now. He is just so versatile; don't you think?

Here is a sideview of this easel card and you can see the hidden area where I will write a message.
The folled flowers were done by me and you can check out my tutorial on how I make them HERE.

I taught a class in my local scrapbooking store on how to do this card and I think that everyones cards came out just GORGEOUS!

Now onto my BIG NEWS! Well one of my goals for this year is to get published and so I sent a card into Whimsy for issue 7 magazine and IT WAS PUBLISHED! Oh I am so excited; you just wouldn't believe. I really like Whimsy as a company; they have great releases, an Amazing store (super speedy delivery and low cost shipping), FABULOUS inspiration and hops, and a great magazine filled with inspiration and tutorials. Plus to top it all off; they have published my first card!

Here is a sneak peek at my card; you can see the entire card by visiting the Whimsy Magazine; I am on page 101!